Building construction.



0; P. N. LITTLE. BUILDING cowsmucmw.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. I9l5.

Patented Sept. 5;, 1916.

narrrnr. r. n. LITTLE, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, rare.

Application filed. February 15, 1915. Serial No. 8,124.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l[, DANIEL P. N. LITTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the countv of Los Angeles, State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, of which the following is a specifications.

This invention relates to a building construction, especially of the portable or knock down type. f

It is the object of this invention to provide elements for the cdnstruction of buildings such as garages, sheds, barns, etc, and which may be so combined as to form selfsupporting and interchangeable walls, artitions, and roof portions of the buil ing.

A further object is to provide sheet metal units for the formation of partitions, walls and roof portions of a building which may be readily connected together in their assembled positions without the use of a frame other than that made by the sheets themselves which are formed with longitudinal stifiening ribs at their side edges and at intermediate points throughout their width, and which ribs are adapted to interlock at their ends and edges with corresponding ribs on adjacent units.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a build-- ing constructed by the use of the units constituting the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail illustratin the manner of interlocking the stiffening ribs of adjacent units. Fig. 3 is a detail illustrating the manner of connecting inclined roof sections with outsidexwall seeti0ns and tying and bracing same by gusset plates. Fig. 4 is a detail illustrating the manner of intersecting the inclined" roof forming units at the arch thereof and tying same by gusset plates, and is a view looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail trans verse section of a portion of one of the units illustrating the formation of the stiffening and interlocking ribs thereof. Fig. 6 is a view, in perspective of assembled units.

, Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of 'a-ribbed plate element. Fig. 8 is a detailin perspec: tive illustrating the manner of-reinforcing where necessary the longitudinal rlbs of a Y unit by the insertion of a metallic strap between the side walls of the stiffening rib.

More specifically, 10 indicates a sheet of metal which may be perforate or imperfoupon itself, forming the ribs of two separate walls spaced a slight distance apart. The ribs 14 thus form channels into which gusset plates 15 are adapted to extend and be connected to the ribs of intersecting plates 10, as particularly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 6. These plates may be variously arranged in relation to each other according to the type and design of the structure to be formed thereof.

Fig. 1 of the drawing illustrates the invention as applied in the construction of a shed or garage having vertical side walls 16 and 17; the roof 19 of the structure being formed by interlocked units which are connected at their edges by the overlapping ribs 14. The units forming one side portion of the roof are connected to the units forming the opposite side portion thereof by means of the gusset plates 15, as shown in Fig. 2, and the overhanging eave portions of the roof members are connected to the side walls 17 by means of the gusset plates 15, as particularly shown in Fig. 4; the gusset plates 15 being rigidly held in place in the channels formed or rivets 20.

Where it is desired to form a structure of a knocking down type, bolts are used in tying the members together so that they may be readily detached.

Where the units are of such length that the stiffening ribs 14 are insufiicient to prevent same from sagging, these ribs are reinforced by means of rods or stra iron 21, which are inserted in the channel ormed by the ribs to extend longitudinally thereof and by the ribs 14 by means of bolts are secured in place by means of rivets 22 as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 6. The extended portions of the flange serve as additional locking means.

It will be seen that my improved construction does away with frames which heretofore have been required for standing seam plates, and makes a substantial rigid and economical structure.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, I have illus trated a perspective view of a portion of a side wall and roof of a building constructed in accordance with my invention in which the plates forming the side walls are perforated so that a plaster coat 25 may be applied thereto in the manner usually employed in plastering stucco buildings in which the plaster is applied to expanded metal lath. It will be readily seen from such a construction that the building may be entirely covered with plaster so as to present a plastered exterior. This plastered cover, of course, protects the metal from the elements, and prevents corrosion of the metal,

I am aware that sheet metal provided with standing seams has been employed heretofore in building constructions, but sheet metal provided with standing seams in combination with gusset plates to form a building construction without the use of framing I believe to be novel.

What I claim is p A building construction, comprising in combination a roof and side walls each formed of sheets, said side wall sheets provided with a plurality of vertically arranged ribs, said roof sheets provided with a plurality of longitudinal ribs complementary to the ribs in said side wall sheets, said ribs being formed with double walls spaced apart to form relatively deep channels, gusset plates arranged Within registering rib channels on the roof and walls, and means for securing the sheets and gussets together.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 5th day of January, 1915.

l). P. N. LITTLE.

Witnesses:

EDMUND A. STRAUsE, MARGUERITE BATES. 

